Me A Nerd 🤓 but Not One 😝

 During the past decade, I was enrolled into post grad studies. This ended up me into PhD in engineering. Well, I am considering myself this is my bonuses in life. I never target my to be at this level. I was targeting a degree (in which ever course) and started my working life. 

The only thing that drive me to get knowledge is bicycle, a two-wheeler human drive transport. The first time I was into bike when the bike made of steel. That time Reynolds steel was quite famous. The metal was then heat treated and combined the tubings by either TIG and brazing to become a bike. This has triggered me about weldings. So learned Arch welding and able to master it. That was a good thing. Due to all this, I wanted to know more hence Without thinking twice, I was enrolling myself in mechanical engineering courses.

Reynolds tubing. Courtesy from Wikipedia.

I was studying Diploma Port Dickson at first, then going for Multimedia University (MMU) in  Melaka (so called further study). At that time, Giant bicycle produced MCR1 road bike, followed by Trek Bikes with it's Y-bikes. Both were made of carbon fibres. Wow, that were the "UMPH" at that time, but I have no idea what is the materials is that. Until I did my final year project on betelnut fibre. 

Giant MCR. Courtesy from Road.cc.

Trek Y bikes. Courtesy from Popular Mechanics, 1996.

Talking a bout betelnut fibre, I was in my hometown peeling the betelnut husk. As I peeled husk showed fine fibres. This straight strucked an idea about the fibres in the bikes. I took the fibres back to my university and showed to my supervisors, Dr. Belal Yousif. To his surprise, we straight away began the work to studies on the fibres. From the work we a able to publish a journal research article.

My first journal article.

I was working in industry for a year after my graduation. However, my eager to know more about the fibres escalated in fabricating tubing products and so on. I was lucky enough to secure a new in MMU as assistant lecturer. The good thing working in MMU is I can further my studies. For my postgraduates studies, I was working with professors from Universiti Teknikal Malaysia, Melaka. My first Professor is Datuk Prof. Radzai Saad and then Prof. Mohd Yuhazri Yaakob. Working them I am able to get what I am targeting for. Besides journals publications, there are collaborations with the industries and universities make the concept ideas into real applications.

First prototype during my post grad.

I was attached to MMU for more than 10 years. Well, experience in teaching is one thing. Moreover, for the skills of writing journal articles is another thing. I will share about that soon.

I was attached again with automotive related industry for another time after my PhD. However due to ecomic uncertainty I was laid off. Currently, I am being self employed in COMPSiTs.blogspot.com. And I am doing what I suppose to do. 😂

Self-employed in here.